Presented as a series of headline reports illustrated with archival photographs, this visual chronicle of modern warfare combines the excitement of daily newspaper reporting with the drama of world military history. It begins with the U.S. victory in Mexico City in 1848 and continues through wars in India and China, the Crimean War, the U.S. Civil War, both world wars, various wars of independence and civil clashes in former colonies, war in the Middle East, the Cold War, and the War on Terror in the 21st century.